Examples of westbound in a Sentence
Traffic in the westbound lane is backing up.
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The incident happened on westbound lanes of the freeway near Sunland Boulevard in the Shadow Hills area, the Los Angeles Fire Department told CBS News.
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Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
Two semis crashed in the westbound lanes of I-70 near Deer Trail.
—Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
About 10 minutes after the crash, both the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Kansas City District sent alerts on X that westbound I-70 was closed at Mile Marker 28, just east of the Oak Grove crash.
—Kansas City Star, 10 Dec. 2025
One person is dead following a two-vehicle crash Dec. 8 that shut down westbound Interstate 94 near Springdale Road in Waukesha County, according to a Wisconsin State Patrol news release.
—Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 8 Dec. 2025
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Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
Two semis crashed in the westbound lanes of I-70 near Deer Trail.
—Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
About 10 minutes after the crash, both the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Kansas City District sent alerts on X that westbound I-70 was closed at Mile Marker 28, just east of the Oak Grove crash.
—Kansas City Star, 10 Dec. 2025
One person is dead following a two-vehicle crash Dec. 8 that shut down westbound Interstate 94 near Springdale Road in Waukesha County, according to a Wisconsin State Patrol news release.
—Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 8 Dec. 2025
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“Westbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/westbound. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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westbound
adjective
west·bound
ˈwes(t)-ˌbau̇nd 
: going west
a westbound train
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